Richard Cooper, Russell Hoban and a Trafalgar Square lion (photo by Koy Cooper)

Any similarity between this photo and the cover of Michael Palin's Hemingway Adventure is probably just wishful thinking.

 

London, 4th February 2003

 

1 DAY - 33 HOBAN LANDMARKS - 35 YELLOW PAPER QUOTES - 2 SORE FEET

 

CONTENTS

 

 

The Long & Winding Intro (optional)
07:32 The low-tide mud by Putney Bridge (The Medusa Frequency)
07:54 Fulham Broadway Station (Hoban passim)
08:02 Eelbrook Common (Pan Lives)
08:16 Parish of St John, Walham Green (The Bat Tattoo)
08:21 Eustace Road (The Bat Tattoo)
08:27 Fulham Tattoo Centre (The Bat Tattoo)
08:46 Parsons Green NHS Centre & St Dionis Church, Parsons Green
08:57 Doria Road; 09:05 New Kings Road (The Bat Tattoo)
09:58 Moss & Co Timber Warehouse, Hammersmith (The Bat Tattoo)
10:29 Hammersmith Tube Station
10:55 Royal College of Art (Amaryllis Night & Day)
11:13 Science Museum (Amaryllis Night & Day)
11:24 Victoria & Albert Museum (The Bat Tattoo)
11:34 Zetland Arms (Amaryllis Night & Day)
12:07 Temple Station & Surrey Street (Angelica’s Grotto)
12:17 Embankment (The Lion of Boaz-Jachin & Jachin-Boaz)
13:26 South Bank by the Royal Festival Hall and Hungerford Bridge (Turtle Diary)
13:39 Trafalgar Square (Amaryllis Night & Day)
13:42 National Gallery (Angelica’s Grotto, Mr Rinyo-Clacton's Offer)
14:17 Gaby's Deli (The Bat Tattoo)
14:43 Tiranti's arts & crafts shop (The Bat Tattoo)
15:11 Tottenham Court Road (The Moment under The Moment)
15:45 British Museum (The Lion of Boaz-Jachin & Jachin-Boaz; Schwartz)
17:44 L'Escargot Restaurant (The Medusa Frequency)
18:03 Istvan Fallok's little alley in Soho (The Medusa Frequency, Her Name Was Lola)
18:46 Tower Hill: Savage Gardens, the Cheshire Cheese and the Orpheus Bar & Restaurant (The Medusa Frequency)
19:27 All Hallows by the Tower (The Medusa Frequency)
20:29 District Line Tube, Richmond

 

 

Richard's 2003 adventure was updated in February 2004 to include references where appropriate to Russell Hoban's latest novel Her Name Was Lola, which was published in November 2003.

 

 

 

Richard Cooper, the Vermeer Girl and a Trafalgar Square lion (photo by Koy Cooper)

 

 

 

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If you haven't got time for a London marathon right now you might like to read about Richard's somewhat shorter yellow paper drops here and here.

 

 

 

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